Drones light the sky in Delray, Arts Warehouse opens a new exhibition for First Friday Art Walk, and Chris Farley’s comedian brother tours Boca. Plus, Chris Isaak and more in your week ahead.
WEDNESDAY
What: Delray in the Sky
Where: Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: downtowndelraybeach.com
Gaze up at the night sky of downtown Delray Beach Wednesday night, and you’re likely to spot more than the usual assortment of stars, planets, airplanes and satellites. If you position yourself in the prime viewing area of Old School Square, you can experience an array of creative visualizations courtesy of Luna Lite Drone Show Technologies, whose 700 drones will fly in synchronized formations. The drones will hit the air at 8:30 p.m., but attendees are encouraged to arrive starting at 7:30 to claim the best spots and enjoy the ancillary festivities at Old School Square: LED games, food and drink vendors, a live DJ and more. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, as seating for this free event will not be provided.
THURSDAY
What: Opening night of “The Naked Gun”
Where: Cinemark Bistro Boca Raton, 3200 Airport Road, Boca Raton
When: 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $10.70-$14.98
Contact: cinemark.com
A “Naked Gun” reboot was never on my bingo card, and yet here we are. The first movie in the series in more than 30 years, this update of the beloved parody franchise stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr., son of Leslie Neilsen’s durable detective from the first three entries, who continues his father’s hard-boiled family business. As for the plot, we’re not sure it matters, though it involves Pamela Anderson as the seeming femme fatale who ropes Neeson into an investigation rife with plenty of inspired dialogue, sight gags, fisticuffs and gunfire that plays deliriously off a century’s worth of cop-movie clichés. Akiva Schaffer, director of the hilarious “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,” is behind the helm, and Seth MacFarlane is producing. Here’s hoping the rapid-fire amusements of the trailer are just the tip of this comic iceberg. “The Naked Gun” also opens Thursday at VIP Shadowood in west Boca.
FRIDAY
What: First Friday Art Walk
Where: Downtown Delray Beach
When: 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: downtowndelraybeach.com
Enjoy the city of Delray Beach’s first art walk in two months, as 17 museums and galleries throughout the downtown region will stay open after hours, some inviting audiences in with free wine and hors d’oeuvres. Highlights include “Ink and Imagination: Exploring the Vibrant World of Modern Cartoons and Illustrations,” a group exhibition in the Arts Garage lobby; and “I Look at the World,” a showcase of the work of three emerging Black photographers at Arts Warehouse. The Creative Arts School at Old School Square will host a free figure drawing class for the entirety of the art walk, so stop in with your own supplies, or pre-register at 561/243-7209.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
What: Kevin Farley
Where: Boca Black Box, 8221 Glades Road, Suite 10, Boca Raton
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $33
Contact: 561/483-9036, bocablackbox.com
“It’s weird being the brother of a famous person,” begins one of Kevin Farley’s most viewed comedy routines. He’s speaking about his older brother Chris, a giant in sketch comedy and a fixture on the ‘90s golden era of “Saturday Night Live,” who died at just 33 in 1997. Kevin, now 60, followed his sibling into comedy with a lengthy C.V. that includes “Tommy Boy,” “The Waterboy,” “The Straight Story” and “Joe Dirt.” Kevin has also appeared on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and “Drunk History.” But he’s as active on the road as he is on screens large and small. As a standup comedian, Farley has cultivated a conversational, observational and topical deadpan wit that addresses celebrity, culture and the news.
SATURDAY
What: Chris Isaak
Where: The Parker, 707 N.E. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $70.21
Contact: 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org
It’s been 30 years since singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor Chris Isaak released his fifth LP Forever Blue, a Grammy-nominated classic that opened with two of his most enduring hits: “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing” and “Somebody’s Crying.” The California native has been playing a good deal from this album to mark its anniversary while otherwise touching most other releases in his 13-album canon. A troubadour of rockabilly whose sex appeal—particularly on such sensuous, slow-burning ballads as “Wicked Game”—is undiminished by time, Isaak continues to ply his trade as a modern-day Ricky Nelson, Duane Eddy or Elvis Presley, making us dance and swoon in equal measure.
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